Djibril Dramé is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in the spiritual ethos of the Baye Fall Sufi brotherhood. His work weaves together poetic and politically charged approaches to cultural memory and contemporary African aesthetics.

Dramé began experimenting with graffiti at the age of nine, later turning to photography at fifteen. In his early twenties, he immersed himself in Dakar’s graffiti collectives, where he developed the most extensive archive of street art practice in Senegal through photography and interviews. His practice has since expanded into fine art photography and video, alongside acclaimed commercial work in fashion and corporate contexts. Across these diverse fields, he has developed a visual language that foregrounds Black experience and excellence, migration and diaspora, spirituality and gender identity—most often through photographic portraiture, using a Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C medium format camera.

Since his debut solo exhibition in Freiburg in 2012, Dramé has exhibited internationally, presenting work across Africa, Europe, and beyond. In recent years, he has incorporated textile and screen-printing processes into his practice, as well as large-scale public interventions, extending his exploration of how identity and collective histories are inscribed in material and public forms.

His practice is grounded in human connection: both in the intimacy of his portraits and in his commitment to intergenerational exchange. Through an “open house” approach, he regularly brings together artists, scholars, and thinkers from Senegal, West Africa and beyond for dialogue, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

Part of the 6th Cycle of residents at Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock Senegal, Dramé is moving towards a more research-led practice that integrates archival exploration and underrepresented diasporic narratives.